Agenda
Agenda: 2023 Technology Showcase for Planetary Science
Moody Gardens Hotel, Galveston TX
Monday, January 9, 2023
- 7:00am – 12:00pm Technologist/Exhibitor Registration Only (South Lobby A Foyer)
- 12:00pm (noon) – 7:00pm Registration Open to All
- 4:00pm Hotel Check-in
- 5:00pm – 6:30pm Conference Opening (Moody Gardens Ballroom)
- Welcome and introductions
- Carolyn Mercer, Chief Technologist for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate
- Innovation for Planetary Science
- Lori Glaze, Director, NASA Planetary Science Division
- Panel on Innovative Technology on Competed Science Missions
- Scott Hubbard (Moderator), Stanford University
- Zibi Turtle, Principal Investigator, Dragonfly, Johns Hopkins APL
- Julie Rogez-Castillo, Principal Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Jim Garvin, Chief Scientist, Sciences and Exploration Directorate
- Welcome and introductions
- 7:00pm – 9:00pm Happy hour and opening reception, Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid
Tuesday, January 10
- 7:45am – 8:45am Continental Breakfast
- 9:00am – 9:10am Welcome and Logistics
- Carolyn Mercer, NASA SMD Chief Technologist
- 10:00am – 12:30pm Networking with concurrent Lightning Talks (10:30am – 11:00am Refreshments)
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch with Lunchtime Panel discussion
- Technology for Planetary Science
- Florence Tan (Moderator), NASA Deputy Chief Technologist for SMD
- Charles Norton (Moderator), Deputy Chief Technologist, JPL
- Curt Niebur, Program Scientist, NASA Planetary Science Division
- Ralph Lorenz, Dragonfly engineer, APL
- Elena Adams, DART Mission Systems Engineer, APL
- Andrew E. Johnson, Principal Member of Technical Staff, JPL
- 1:30pm – 6:00pm Networking with concurrent Lightning Talks (2:45pm – 3:15pm Refreshments)
Wednesday, January 11
- 7:45am – 8:45am Continental Breakfast
- 9:00am – 9:45am – Technology Readiness Assessments using NASA’s Best Practices Guide
- 9:45am – 11:00am Lunar Programs
- Overview of CLPS, PRISM, and DALI lunar programs
- Brad Bailey, NASA Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration
- Summary of the Survive the Night Workshop
- Jay Jenkins, NASA Program Executive, Exploration Science Strategy and Integration Office
- Overview of CLPS, PRISM, and DALI lunar programs
- (10:30am – 11:00am Refreshments)
- 11:00am – 12:00pm – Panel Discission: Evolution of the Commercial Lunar Payload Systems program
- Amy Fagan (Moderator), Chair, Lunar Exploration Analysis Group
- Bethany Ehlmann, Professor of Planetary Science, Caltech
- Brad Bailey, NASA Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration
- Kerri Donaldson-Hanna, Planetary Geologist, University of Central Florida
- Hunter Williams, Technology Development Manager, Honeybee Robotics
- 12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
- 2:00pm – 6:00pm Hall Breakdown/Move-out